Jimmy's years and experience in the military do not prepare him for the fight for his heart.

When the police find Sybil in Jimmy Bowale's living room, she is naked and battered beyond recognition. She is also implicated in a big criminal case. His parents want to go for the jugular and would have, but his instantaneous attraction to her put him between her and them. Even after her name is cleared, they refuse to be convinced. Can he fight for her and win? Though he realizes too late his greatest battle is not with the people around him, but indeed, with Sybil herself.